Lesbian
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A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
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The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.
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A sweet, mild wine made on Lesbos in ancient times.
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Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“gay woman”).
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Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
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Of or pertaining to the Lesbian variety of Aeolic Greek.
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Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“of women: gay”).
Suddenly open enrollment struck the Sapphic elite and dykes-for-the-masses were everywhere. We got the Lesbian detective, the Lesbian ghost, the Lesbian vampire, the possessed Lesbian, the Lesbian next door, the Lesbian with a heart of gold, the kept Lesbian, the other Lesbian, the Lesbian amnesiac, the Lesbian with cancer, and just plain Butch.
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Amatory; erotic.
古体Lesbian novels
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From Latin Lesbius (“Lesbian”) (for further etymology, see Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos)) + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus. The sense of “gay woman” is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.
来源：wiktionary